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Patented Nov; 12,1889.

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ADDISON EFF'EL, I on XENIA, OHIO.

PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,912, dated November 12, 1889.

Application filed May 21, 1889. Serial No. 311,564. (No model.) I I To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADDISON LEFFEL, of Xenia, in the county of Greene and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Planter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention consists of certain novel constructions,arrangements, and combinations of elements, to be hereinafter fully explained, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. I

Figure l is a plan view of my improved form of planter. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, a portion of the frame being broken away. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of one of the planter-wheels. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevatioii of said planter-wheel on the line a: w of Fig; 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view on line y y of 4, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of a double planter.

In the drawings, 10 represents the main frame, which is supported by wheels 11, the fellies of said wheels being apertured and connected to hollow hubs 12, that are carried by the main shaft or axle 13. Anumber of tubes 14 lead from the hollow hubs 12, the bores of said tubes registering with bores formed in the hollow hubs 12. In connection with each of the hub-bores I arrange a feed-slide 15, formed with a recess a, which at times is brought into register with an aperture'b and at other times is thrown into register with the bores of the hubs. This movement of the feed-slides 15 is brought about'by a cam-plate 17, that is held by the main frame 10, the plate being bent outward beneath the frame, as shown in Fig. 4.

Inthe tubes 14, I arrange other feed-slides 18, that are formed with apertures c and piv-' Otally connected to levers 19, which are normally held in the position shown in Fig. 5 by springs 20. In order that the slides 18 may be brought to a position such that their apertures 0 will register with the bores of the tubes 14, I provide the frame 10 with downwardly-extending arms 21, to which there is secured a cam-plate 22, and to this cam-plate 22, I secure an arm 23, which extends into thef path of the inner end of the lever 19,'the ar -1 rangement being such that as the wheelrmove s forward the lever end will strike against the arm 23 and the slide 18 will be moved so that its aperture will register with the bore of its" tube.

In order that an opening may be' made in the ground just beneath the bore of each tube as such tube comes to a vertical position just position such that the lower edge of the leaf 25 will be thrown slightly away from the edge of the leaf 24, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 4.

To prevent all slipping of the wheels, I provide the shaft or axle 13 with a gear 30, that is engaged by a pinion 31, studded to the side of the frame 10, and this pinion I provide with a chain or sprocket wheel 32, over which there is passed a chain 34, as indicated in the drawings, such chain being guided by sheaves, as indicated in Fig. l, and both ends of the chain being secured at any fixed points at the respective ends of the row.

When it is desired to turn the planter at the end of a row, I provide for the removal of the chain 34 from its sprocket-Wheel 32, such removal being brought about by means of an arm 35, that is carried by a shaft 36, said shaft being mounted in eyes 37, that are secured to the frame 10, the inner end of the shaft being provided with a lever-arm or handle 38. By means of this attachment I am able to throw the lever-arm 38 forward, and then move the shaft 36 bodily in the direction of the arrow shown in connection therewith in Fig. 1, and thus bring the arm 35 to bear against the chain in a manner such that said chain will be freed from engagement with its sprocket-wheel and dropped to the ground.

To the rear of each of the Wheels of the planter I mount coverers 40, which are carried Iooby arms 41, hinged to the rear of the frame, the extending ends of the arms ell being supported by wheels or rollers 42.

Such being the general construction of my improved planter, the operation is as follows: As the planter is drawn forward the slides 15 are moved to a position such that a planting of corn will fall from the hollow hub in which the corn is placed to the slide-aperture, to be delivered thence to the tube 14, in connection with which the slide is arranged, through the action of the cam-plate 17, and from the tube 14, the corn being held within the tube 14 until the slide 18 is thrown, as hereinbefore set forth, the grain passes downward to the leaves 24 and 25, to be held therebyuntil the bifurcated end of the leaf 25 bears upon the curved section of the cam-plate 22 and the leaf 25 is moved back to leave a space between its edge and the edge of the leaf 24. After the seed has been deposited the coverers will throw the required amount of earth to place over the grain.

The eoverers 40 are mere auxiliary attachments, as the wheels themselves serve as coverers. Markers 60, extending from wheel to wheel, are arranged as shown-that is to say, the wheels are rigidly connected by straight parallel bars 60, which are set a little inward from the periphery of the wheels, but may nevertheless impress the soft earth sufficiently to form marks that will serve for securing the desired alignment of the hills of the different parallel rows.

In the first four figures of the drawings I have illustrated a construction wherein but two wheels 11 are employed; but it will of course be understood that the machine might be duplicated and that four wheels might be employed, as represented in Fig. 6.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In a planter, the combination, with wheels formed with hollow hubs, of slides 15, arranged in connection with said hubs, a cam-plate 17, that is engaged by the slides, tubes 14, slides 18, arranged in connection therewith, levers 19, to which the slides 18 are connected, springs arranged in connection with the levers, a fixed arm 23, which extends into the paths of the levers, fixed leaves 24,pivotallymounted leaves 25, springs arranged in connection with the leaves 25, and a cam-plate 22, that is at times engaged by the inner ends of the leaves 25, substantially as described.

ADDISON LEFFEL. Witnesses:

CASSIUS M. HORNER, JAs. MOCANN. 

